There is no such thing as an ‘alpha’ in
a wolf pack. An early study that coined
the term ‘alpha wolf’ had only observed
unrelated adult wolves living in captivity.
In the wild, wolf packs operate more like
human families: there’s no defined sense
of rank, parents are in charge until kids
grow up and start their own families,
younger wolves don’t overthrow the
‘alpha’ to become the new leader, and
social dominance fights are situational. SourceSource 2